Distributer for grain-drills.



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WiTNESSES UNITED STATES Patented August 25, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE P. OATES, OE SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN SEED- INGMACHINE COMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEYV JERSEY, A CORPORA- TION OF NEWJERSEY.

DISTRIBUTER FOR GRAIN-DRILLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,011, dated August25, 1903. Application filed May s. 1903. semi No. 156,157. die model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known thatl, GEORGE P. OATES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Distributers forGrain-Drills, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to seeding-machines, and more particularly tograin-distributors to such as shown and described in Letters Patent No.691,483, granted to C. E. Patric January 21, 1902.

Heretofore the casings for the distributers have been attached to thelower edge of the I; seedbox or hopper sides, and after much experiencewith this construction, in which it is necessary to employ four screwsfor each distributor, it has been found that the wood is frequentlysplit and damaged by the screws,

23 and especially when it is necessary to place the distributors inclose proximity to each other the strength of the hopper sides betweenthe adjacent mortises becomes much impaired.

23 The object of my invention is to improve the construction in such amanner as will permit the distributer being attached and held firmly inplace by means of a single screw passing through both sides of thehopper,

said screw also forming a pivot upon which the reversing plate or shieldis hinged for feeding the grain to one'side or the other of thedistributer-wheels, as desired.

My invention consists of the constructions and combinationshereinafter-described and set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a seed-hopper, o partlybroken away, showing a graindis tributer in position therein withattachments embodying my invention. showing mortises in the sides of thehopper, and Fig. 3 is a detail of side pieces for the 5distributer-casing.

Like parts are represented by similar letters of reference in theseveral views.

In the drawings, a represents a hopper, and b a distributer-wheel havinga casing 19, adapted to be let into the hopper through an Fig. 2 is adetail opening in the bottom of the hopper, mortisesa in the side Wallsat the respective ends of said opening permitting the insertion andholding the casing from lateral movement. The casing extends upwardly toform a partition b in the hopper; but as its ends must be substantiallyparallel to permit its insertion through the opening in the bottom,while the sides of the hopper are flaring, 1 provide supplementarywedge-shaped pieces Z2 to fill the space and complete the partitionbetween the casing and side walls. Said pieces I) are grooved on oneedge, as shown in Fig. 3, to fit over and engage the respective sides ofthe partition, and are further provided with perforated lugs b at theirupper ends by which they are held in place, as hereinafter described.One side of the distributorwheels is adapted to feed coarse and theother side fineseed, and a reversible shield c is provided to form acut-off on either side of the wheel while the other side is open. Theupper edge of the partition 12 is provided with perforated lugs 19", andthe upper edge of the shield is provided with perforated lugs c. Aspindle d, secured to the respective sides of the hopper and passingthrough the per- 'forations in the lugs b 0', and b, secures thedistributor and casing in place in the hopper, forms a pivot upon whichthe shield is hinged, and also secures the supplementary pieces 19 inposition. The spindle d I have shown in the form of a screw having aslotted head at one end and a screw-thread at the other; but it isobvious'it may be secured to the side frames in any suitable manner. Inpiercing the sides of the hopper for the reception of .the spindle theholes are so disposed that when the spindle is inserted it will draw upthe distributor and easing with the flanges b firmly against the bottomof the hopper.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The combination with ahopper, a distributor-wheel and a casing for said Wheel, of

.a spindle secured to the respective sides of said hopper and'engagingsaid casing to hold said casing and distributor-wheel in place,substantially as specified. 1

2. The combination with a hopper, a. dis- I00 tributer-wheel and casingfor said wheel, said hopper having an opening in the bottom thereofthrough which said casing extends, of a spindle secured to therespective side Walls of said hopper and engaging said casing to supportsaid casing and wheel in place, substantially as specified.

3. The combination with a hopper, a distribnter-wheel and a casing forsaid wheel having projections thereon, said hopper having an opening inthe bottom thereof through which said casing extends with saidprojections engaging the under side of said hopper, of a spindleengaging said casing and secured to the respective sides of said hopperto draw and hold said casing and distribute!- wheel in place,substantially as specified.

' 4. The combination with a hopper and a spindle extending transverselythrough said hopper and secured to the respective sides thereof, of adistributer-Wheel and a casing for said wheel held in place by saidspindle, and a shield hinged to said spindle and adapted to cut off theseed from either side of said distributer-wheel, substantially asspecified.

5. The combination with a hopper having an opening in the bottom thereofand a spindle extending transversely through. said hopper and secured tothe respective sides thereof, of a distributer wheel and a casing forsaid wheel extending through said opening and held in place by saidspindle, a partition in said hopper formed in part by said casing and ashield hinged to said spindle and adapted to cut off the seed fromeither side of said distributor-wheel, substantially as specified.

6. The combination of a hopper having an opening in the bottom thereof,wedge-shaped mortises in the hopper sides, a distributerwheel and acasing for same adapted to extend into said hopper through said openingand mortises, wedge-shaped pieces adapted to engage said casing andextend to the side walls of the hopper, a shield for said wheel,perforated lugs on said casing, wedge-shaped pieces and shield, and aspindle extending through the perforations in said lugs and secured tothe side walls of the hopper.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of May, A.D. 1903.

. GEORGE P. OATES.

Witnesses:

CHAS. I. WELcH, CLIFTON P. GRANT.

